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H0603aa.......................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
DISABLED - FISH & GAME LICENSE - Amends existing law to provide reduced
fees for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for resident disabled
persons.
02/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/20 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/26 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/27 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/05 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crane, Gagner,
Floor Sponsor - Denney
Title apvd - to Senate
03/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Res/Env
H0603|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 603, As Amended BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LICENSES TO HUNT, FISH AND TRAP; AMENDING SECTION 36-401, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO REMOVE THE PROVISION THAT DISABLED PERSONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO 4 OBTAIN A LICENSE; AND AMENDING SECTION 36-406, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT 5 LICENSES OF THE FIFTH CLASS MAY BE PURCHASED BY DISABLED PERSONS AND TO 6 DEFINE A "DISABLED PERSON." 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. That Section 36-401, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 9 amended to read as follows: 10 36-401. HUNTING, TRAPPING, FISHING -- LICENSE REQUIREMENT -- EXCEPTIONS. 11 No person shall hunt, trap, or fish for or take any wild animal, bird or fish 12 of this state, without first having procured a license as hereinafter pro- 13 vided. Provided that no license shall be required: 14 (a) 1. For children under the age of fourteen (14) years who are resi- 15 dents of this state to fish during the open season therefor. 16 2. For nonresident children under the age of fourteen (14) years to fish 17 during the open season therefor provided they are accompanied by the 18 holder of a valid fishing license, and provided further that any fish 19 caught by such nonresident children shall be included in the bag and pos- 20 session limit of such license holder. 21 3. For resident children under the age of twelve (12) years to hunt, take 22 or kill predatory, unprotected birds and animals by means other than with 23 firearms. 24 4. For resident children under the age of fourteen (14) years to trap 25 muskrats from irrigation ditches or property on which they live during the 26 open season. 27 5. For children under the age of eighteen (18) who are residents of a 28 licensed foster home, a foster group home, or a child welfare institution 29 to fish during the open season therefor, provided they are accompanied and 30 supervised by the director, officer, or other employee of the facility 31 where the child resides. 32 (b) For any person to fish on a "free fishing day" as may be designated 33 by the commission. 34 (c) Senior Residents. For "senior residents" age seventy (70) years or 35 older who are holders of a "senior resident permit" to hunt and fish during 36 the open season. 37 (d) Blind Persons. For resident blind persons who are holders of a 38 "permit for the blind" to fish during the open season. 39 (e) Institutional Inmates. For any inmate of the state hospital north, 40 state hospital south, Idaho state school and hospital, and state veterans 41 homes to fish during open seasons, provided said inmate has a permit therefor 42 from the director. The director is authorized to issue such permits upon the 43 request of the head of the respective institution having custody of said 2 1 inmate upon a showing that the institution recommends the issuance of such 2 permit and will assume full responsibility for and control over said inmate 3 while using said permit. 4 (f) Resident Military Personnel. For resident persons engaged in the mil- 5 itary service of the United States, while on temporary furlough or leave, upon 6 receipt of a temporary permit from the director, to hunt and fish during the 7 open season. 8 (g)Disabled Persons. For any resident person who is permanently9and totally disabled as certified by a physician licensed to practice in the10United States or Canada, to hunt and fish during the open season, providing11such person has obtained a permit from the director.12(h)State Juvenile Corrections Center Students. For students of 13 the state juvenile corrections center, under the supervision of an officer of 14 the center, to fish during the open season. 15 (ih ) Boy Scouts. For boy scouts who are offi- 16 cial participants in attendance at national or international encampments at 17 Farragut State Park to take fish during the encampment period from Lake Pend 18 Oreille in such areas and such numbers as may be designated by the commission. 19 (ji ) Participants in Fish and Game Sponsored 20 Functions. For persons who are official participants in attendance at official 21 department sponsored functions including clinics, courses or other educational 22 events, while under the supervision of a department approved instructor for 23 the function, to fish during any open season, provided that the instructor has 24 been issued an educational fishing permit by the director. 25 (kj ) Nothing contained herein shall be con- 26 strued to prohibit citizens of the United States who are residents of the 27 state of Idaho from carrying arms for the protection of life and property. 28 SECTION 2. That Section 36-406, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 29 amended to read as follows: 30 36-406. RESIDENT FISHING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES -- FEES. (a) 31 Adult Licenses -- Combination -- Fishing -- Hunting -- Trapping. A license of 32 the first class may be had by a person possessing the qualifications therein 33 described on payment of twenty dollars ($20.00) for a combined fishing and 34 hunting license entitling the purchaser to hunt and fish for game animals, 35 game birds, unprotected and predatory animals and fish of the state, fifteen 36 dollars ($15.00) for a fishing license entitling the purchaser to fish in the 37 public waters of the state, six dollars ($6.00) for a hunting license enti- 38 tling the purchaser to hunt game animals, game birds, unprotected and preda- 39 tory animals of the state, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a trapping 40 license entitling the purchaser to trap furbearers, unprotected and predatory 41 animals of the state. 42 (b) Youth Licenses -- Hunting -- Trapping. A license of the second class 43 may be had by a person possessing the qualifications therein described on pay- 44 ment of four dollars ($4.00) for a hunting license, and five dollars ($5.00) 45 for a trapping license entitling the purchaser to the same privileges as the 46 corresponding license of the first class provides. 47 (c) Youth Combination -- Fishing Licenses. A license of the third class 48 may be purchased by a person possessing the qualifications therein described 49 on payment of ten dollars ($10.00) for a combined fishing and hunting license, 50 and seven dollars ($7.00) for a fishing license entitling the purchaser to the 51 same privileges as the corresponding license of the first class provides. 52 (d) Senior Resident Combination. A license of the fourth class may be had 53 by a person possessing the qualifications therein described on payment of four 3 1 dollars ($4.00) for a combined fishing and hunting license entitling the pur- 2 chaser to the same privileges as the corresponding license of the first class 3 provides. 4 (e) Lifetime Licenses -- Combination -- Hunting -- Fishing. A license of 5 the fifth class may be obtained at no additional charge by a person possessing 6 the qualifications therein described for a combined hunting and fishing 7 license, for a hunting license, or for a fishing license, entitling the person 8 to the same privileges as the corresponding license of the first class pro- 9 vides. Lifetime licensees must be certified under the provisions of section 10 36-411, Idaho Code, before being issued a license to hunt. 11 (f) A license of the eighth class may be had by a person possessing the 12 qualifications therein described on payment of sixty-nine dollars ($69.00) 13 entitling the purchaser to hunt and fish for game animals, game birds, fish, 14 and unprotected and predatory animals of the state. With payment of the 15 required fee, a person shall receive with this license a deer tag, an elk 16 tag, a bear tag, a turkey tag, a mountain lion tag, an archery hunt permit, a 17 muzzleloader permit, an upland game permit, a migratory waterfowl stamp, a 18 steelhead trout permit and an anadromous salmon permit. The director shall 19 promptly transmit to the state treasurer all moneys received pursuant to this 20 subsection for deposit as follows: 21 (i) Three dollars ($3.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of 22 section 36-111(1)(a), Idaho Code; 23 (ii) Two dollars ($2.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of 24 section 36-111(1)(b), Idaho Code; 25 (iii) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) in the set-aside account for the 26 purposes of section 36-111(1)(c), Idaho Code; 27 (iv) Five dollars ($5.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of 28 section 36-111(1)(e), Idaho Code; 29 (v) Two dollars ($2.00) in the set-aside account for the purposes of sec- 30 tion 36-111(1)(f), Idaho Code; and 31 (vi) The balance in the fish and game account. 32 All persons purchasing a license pursuant to this subsection shall observe 33 and shall be subject to all rules of the commission regarding the fish and 34 wildlife of the state. 35 If the purchaser of this license does not meet the archery education 36 requirements of section 36-411(b), Idaho Code, then, notwithstanding the pro- 37 visions of section 36-304, Idaho Code, the archery hunt permit portion of this 38 license is invalid. The fee for this license will not change and the issuer of 39 the license must indicate on the face of the license that the archery permit 40 is invalidated. 41 (g) Disabled Persons. A license of the fifth class may be purchased 42 by any resident disabled person on payment of three dollars ($3.00) for a com- 43 bined fishing and hunting license; two dollars ($2.00) for a fishing license; 44 and one dollar ($1.00) for a hunting license; entitling the purchaser to the 45 same privileges as the corresponding license of the first class provides. A 46 disabled person means a person who is disabled as certified as eligible for: 47 federal supplemental security income (SSI); social security disability income 48 (SSDI); a nonservice-connected veterans pension; or a service-connected vet- 49 erans disability benefit with forty percent (40%) or greater disability. 50
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07722
To provide free hunting and fishing privileges for resident
disabled war veterans who have a 40% or greater service related
disability.
FISCAL NOTE
There are currently 3200 vets in Idaho who would qualify as at
least 40% disabled. The actual number who would take advantage of
this benefit is unknown but the number is expected to be relatively
small and the fiscal impact to be small.
CONTACT: Representative Lawrence Denney
208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
Bill No. H 603